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" I've entered politics the moment I marked my finger with the electoral voting mark. So I've entered politics, but I am not a politician. I am doing my duty as a citizen of India. "

Kamal Haasan

Doing

I Am

Voting

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" Would I get into politics? I'll just say what I tell people when they ask me this: Pray that everyday citizens like me aren't pushed to that corner. "

Kamal Haasan

Everyday

People

" I don't have tiffs with people. I only mind my business, but whatever interferes my freedom of expression, I have always voiced. "

" When classical singers or dancers look at cinema with derision, I have half a heart to tell them that they're wrong. They're losing a platform. "

" Acting ceases to be work because I enjoy it. But it feels like working when I do bad work, especially when I know it is bad. "

" I cannot live on myths; somehow, science convinces me more easily. I am prone to lean towards science, ethics, and philosophy rather than myth, religion, and rituals. "

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" Tell me, when do you become a respectable person in society? When you start respecting yourself. That is when you take care of yourself, that is when you comb your hair, groom yourself, and cleanse your body. You do all this because you respect yourself. "

" Happiness is perhaps painlessness, a state one rarely appreciates. Happiness, then, is very much like a great talent. It rarely gets appreciated and is taken for granted. "

" Since I was 20, I wanted to make a short film and send it to international short film festivals. It never happened. I became too big a star to indulge in those things. "

" All stars are businessmen. Once you decide to become a star, you are talking about money, fame, and being successful. "

" Today, we should look for people with great organizational skills to run a government - not just leaders, who are good with people. "

" I'd like to keep updating myself. That's the only way to make life interesting. And because I am a performer, I like to do it deliberately and with purpose. "

" If my idol Mahatma Gandhi could fight to eradicate corruption at the age of 78, why can't I try at 60? "

" I am not the opposite of theism. I am right in the middle of those non-believers and believers. It's not even about being agnostic or nastik. Why would I take a name given to me by my opposition? I am just a rationalist. "

Kamal Haasan

Opposition

Name

" I am very angry, and you don't need angry politicians. You need politicians with great balance. "

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" We got to go one step further than even 'Make in India.' Let's make India itself - India 2.0, the updated version. "

" I write the occasional poem. I think my dabbling in poetry makes me better at screenplays. Poetry teaches the value of condensing, the importance of talking in a few words. "

" We should work towards a legislation to sack non-performing politicians. This may not happen during my lifetime, but I will try for it anyway. "

" There is a buffet of ideologies for me to choose from. I've been a fan of certain communist and socialist ideals. Some have failed, some have succeeded. I've lived long enough to understand where all they failed. "

" I've always believed in speaking my mind, and I think the technology has made it more prominent. Even a common man's voice is heard prominently now, much to the chagrin and surprise of politicians. They aren't used to that. "

" I am opposed to autobiographies, mainly because most autobiographies lie. "

Kamal Haasan

I Am

Opposed

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